Britain reported a surge in cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday which government advisors said could be just the tip of the iceberg, and London's mayor declared a "major incident" to help the city's hospitals cope. The number of Omicron cases recorded across the...

TOKYO: Japan to provide grant aid worth 677 million yen (about US$6 million) to hospitals in Syria that have been damaged by the conflict. The aid will go into the “recovery and strengthening of lifesaving services by hospitals in areas severely damaged by the conflict,” the foreign...

PARIS — A Frenchwoman who joined the Islamic State and had been held in a detention camp in Syria since 2019 died of health complications on Tuesday — a first for a French national, according to her lawyer. The death was a stark reminder of the fate of the hundreds of European women...

Libya’s presidential election, meant to help unify the nation after a decade of civil war, is supposed to take place in just over a week, but calls are mounting for a delay. Either scenario — holding the vote on time or postponing it — could turn into a destabilizing setback. The...